Software Development Now Costs Less Than Minimum Wage

Name: Software Development Now Costs Less Than Minimum Wage
Start: 2026-04-10T13:30:00+00:00
End: 2026-04-10T14:10:00+00:00
Location: SMK

Talk 40 min April 10, 2026 at 13:30

Geoffrey Huntley

The cost of software development has fallen to $10.42 an hour—less than minimum wage. A burger flipper at Macca's earns more. What does it mean to be a software developer when everyone in the world can develop software? Tools like Cursor have commoditised the knowledge and skill of software development, enabling non-developers to build and ship.